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  • Police looking for NY surgeon in woman's death

    CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press

    BUFFALO, N.Y. — Police searched for a trauma surgeon Wednesday as a "person of interest" in a fatal shooting at a Buffalo hospital, and warned the public that the former Army Special Forces weapons expert may be armed and dangerous. The early morning shooting of a 33-year-old woman locked down the Erie County Medical Center complex for more than four hours. The woman was shot four times just after 8 a.m. while in the stairwell of a hospital building. AP Photo/David Duprey Law enforcement officers search the scene of a s... Full story

  • NY-born twin friars die on same day at age 92

    CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week. The Buffalo-born brothers were also brothers in the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor. Professed friars for 65 years, they spent much of that time working together at St. Bonaventure University, doing carpentry work, gardening and driving visitors to and from the airport and around town. "It was fun to see them, just quiet, gentle souls," Yvonne Peace, who worked at the St. Bonaventure F... Full story